In situ methods to localize transgenes and transcripts in interphase nuclei: A tool for transgenic plant research

Plant Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Santos, Ana P ^a   Wegel, Eva ^b   Allen, George C ^c   Thompson, William F ^c   Stoger, Eva ^d   Shaw, Peter ^b   Abranches, Rita ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 69449098849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-2-18     Document Type: Review

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